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Hans Urs von Balthasar
Introduction and Sourcebook
Stephen M. Garrett, Global Scholars, USA
Balthasar described his way of thinking in terms of a cathedral metaphor Working from this, Garrett lays out a cathedral floor plan in his survey of Balthasar's key ideas and themes, illustrated by reference to the original source texts included, and summaries of key ideas, designed to be read alongside Balthasar's work. UK
The Centrality of Christ in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance
Some Dogmatic Implications
Paul D. Molnar, St. John's University, USA
Leading systematic theologian Paul D Molnar examines the theology of Thomas F Torrance, explores his view of justification by grace alone, emphasizing its relation to Liberation Theology Molnar discusses Rahner’s presuppositions and conclusions on the subject As well as explores the current issues surrounding the Chalcedon
UK
The Doctrine of God and the Crisis of Modernity
Jared Michelson, University of St Andrews, UK
Michelson traces contemporary debates on the doctrine of God back in time to the philosophical critiques of Hume and Kant Charnock, Schleiermacher and Barth each offered accounts of the doctrine of God This book offers a critical evaluation of these accounts and demonstrates how they were responding to early modern critiques of the possibility of knowing God Indeed, this work also highlights how these critics built their arguments on faulty interpretations of classical theological tradition In doing so, this book carves out a provocative, construct path forward for contemporary theological reflection on the doctrine of God
UK
ePdf 9780567718969 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology • T&T Clark
T&T Clark Handbook of Suffering and the Problem of Evil
Edited
by Matthias Grebe & Johannes Grössl, University of Würzburg, Germany
The T&T Clark Handbook of Suffering and the Problem of Evil provides an extensive exploration of the theology of theodicy, asking questions such as should all instances of suffering necessarily be understood as evil? Why would an omnipotent and benevolent God allow or perpetrate evil? Is God unable or unwilling to reduce human and non-human suffering on Earth? Does humanity have the capacity to exercise a moral evaluation of God’s motives and intentions?
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 752 pages
PB 9780567710956 • £42 99 / $58 95
Previously published in HB 9780567682437
ePub 9780567682451 • £126 00 / $171 44
ePdf 9780567682444 £126 00 / $126 00
Series: T&T Clark Handbooks T&T Clark
T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics
Jennifer McBride, McCormick School of Theology, USA & Michael Mawson, University of Auckland, New Zealand & Philip G. Ziegler, University of Aberdeen, UK
Ethics in Crisis, Ethics in Hope: Bonhoeffer's Unfinished Theological Ethics and the Future of Human Dignity
Matthew Puffer, Christ College, Valparaiso University, USA
Matthew Puffer offers fresh historical and constructive engagements with the ever fascinating and perplexing theological ethics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Puffer explores the ways in which Bonhoeffer understood his work as a response not only to the ecclesial, social, and political crises of Nazi Germany, but more specifically to a “crisis in ethics,” the failure of traditional forms of ethics to effectively respond to the state of emergency
UK November 2025 US November 2025 176 pages
HB 9780567715555 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9780567715586 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567715562 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics • T&T Clark
Standing under the Cross Essays on Bonhoeffer’s Theology
Michael Mawson, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Bonhoeffer wrote much of his theology in response to theological and political crises in his own time This book argues that his thinking can thus provide valuable insights into how individuals and communities can intellectually and culturally grapple with the pressing issues of the modern world, from ecological disaster to the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 216 pages
PB 9780567709516 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9780567709462
ePub 9780567709509 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567709479 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: T&T Clark New Studies in Bonhoeffer’s Theology and Ethics • T&T Clark
T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics
Brian Brock, University of Aberdeen, UK & Susan F. Parsons,
Editor of Studies in Christian Ethics
Christians and Violence
Jean Lasserre
Edited by Steve Hickey, Alaska Christian College, USA
This marks the first English translation of renowned peace theologian Jean Lasserre’s seminal work on non-violence With introductory remarks from Frédéric Rognon and the author’s daughter, Christiane Lasserre, this book provides English readers a window into a powerful, yet accessible, text on Christian ethics
UK
Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics • T&T Clark
The Sovereign Human Being
Carl Schmitt, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Responsible Decision-Making
Valentin Jeutner, Lund University, Sweden and The University of Oxford, UK
By making sovereign decisions, ordinary individuals, too, can work towards the peaceful resolution of conflicts or reduce their carbon footprint. Making such sovereign decisions is not easy for individuals who are taught to follow orders and norms For this reason, the book supplements the comparative analysis of Schmitt and Bonhoeffer with an actionguiding decision-making framework
UK December 2024 US December 2024 176 pages
HB 9780567717047 £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9780567717078 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567717054 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics • T&T Clark
The Dialectics of Discipleship
Karl Barth, Sanctification and Theological Ethics
Chris Swann, City to City Australia, Australia
This book investigates both Lutheran and Calvinian source material to interrogate Barth’s discipleshipshaped vision of sanctification. In doing this, it gives special attention to Barth’s own personal mixed record with regard to Christian discipleship Ultimately, Swann retrieves a number of important resources for contemporary theological ethics from Barth’s theology of discipleship
UK March 2025 US March 2025 256 pages
PB 9780567708823 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9780567708779
ePub 9780567708816 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567708786 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics • T&T Clark
The
Reformation of the
Literal
Prophecy and the Senses of Scripture in Early Modern Europe
Erik Lundeen, Church of Gurnee, USA
Recent debates on Protestant Reformers have focused on whether they were stridently literal or allegorical interpreters However, in this nuanced book, Lundeen argues that the question of what in fact constituted the Bible’s literal sense was also a key question in early modern debates There is no clean binary of literal versus allegorical; instead, reformers subtly produced a variety of competing literalisms There was not one literal sense in the Reformation, but many
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 272 pages
HB 9780567718792 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9780567718815 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567718808 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: T&T Clark Studies in Historical Theology • T&T Clark
Richard Hooker
Theological Method and Anglican Identity
Philip Hobday, Wakefield Cathedral, UK
Richard Hooker (1554-1600) is often claimed as articulating or even inventing a strand of Christian life now called ‘Anglicanism’, but different people locate his theology (and the tradition he represents) very differently This book shows how both Hooker, and the Anglicanism he defended in such elegant prose, can be coherently both ‘catholic’ and ‘reformed’ (rather than one, or the other, or some middle way) Relocating Hooker, and Anglicanism, in this way reveals them to be rich, fruitful conversation partners in ecumenical dialogue and theological debates across Christian traditions
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9780567708083 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9780567708038
ePub 9780567708076 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567708045 £76 50 / $76 50
Series: T&T Clark Studies in English Theology T&T Clark
T&T Clark Reader in Analytic Theology
Edited by Oliver D. Crisp, University of St Andrews, UK, Joshua Cockayne, University of St Andrews, UK & Jonathan C. Rutledge, University of Notre Dame, USA
The only volume in the field that offers a set of readings in analytic theology that are state-ofthe-art. Edited by leading scholars in the field, this reader focusses specifically on dogmatic issues rather than topics discussed within analytic philosophy of religion, and gives an extensive and versatile introduction to the field of analytic theology.
The key topic of systematic theology is the question of God - who is God and what is (the notion of) God This volume offers a fascinating overview of the subject, by engaging a wide number of interdisciplinary discussions, as well as by touching upon the social and existential issues
This book shares the insight of LGBTQIA+ persons surveyed and interviewed to describe how they have experienced the violent rhetoric of black church public theology as a means toward developing a philosophical paradigmatic shift that generates spiritual renewal for all, particularly those in the LGBTQIA+ community and those who provide them pastoral and teaching leadership
Series: T&T Clark Studies in Social Ethics, Ethnography and Theologies • T&T Clark
Pentecostal Liturgical Theology
On the Altar, Willed to Pentecost Monte Lee Rice, Assemblies of God Church, Singapore
Foremost is this book’s committed theology of Pentecostal meaning-full worship Through the lens of liturgy as a cosmic gift economy, Lee shows how Pentecostal meaning-full worship frees people into a cosmic liturgy that wills humanity to Pentecost Through engaging Ricoeurean/Aristotelian narrative theory, this eye-opening work climaxes with a briefly constructed Pentecostal theology of the altar. It shows how Pentecostal meaning-full worship fosters moral formation as worshippers place themselves on the altar of sacrifice, becoming priestly partners with God; fuelling the gift economy that flourishes his household, till all creation be willed to Pentecost
UK February 2025 US February 2025 256 pages
HB 9780567717405 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9780567717429 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567717412 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: T&T Clark Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology • T&T Clark
T&T Clark Handbook of Sacraments and Sacramentality
Edited
by Martha Moore-Keish, Columbia
Theological Seminary, USA & James Farwell, Virginia Theological Seminary, USA
A basic introduction to the field of sacramental study introducing the major figures and historical developments The handbook emphasizes contemporary constructive developments from a wide variety of Christian traditions, with attention to significant themes such as race, gender and ecological concerns It covers the biblical and historical foundations, a survey of the state of the discipline, and includes a collection of constructive essays representing major themes, practices and approaches to sacraments and sacramentality in the contemporary world
UK January 2025 • 584 pages
PB 9780567708168 • £44 99
Previously published in HB 9780567687647
ePub 9780567687678 • £135 00 / $183 59
ePdf 9780567687654 £135 00 / $135 00
Series: T&T Clark Handbooks T&T Clark
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Laura Quick, Princeton University, USA & Jacqueline Vayntrub, Yale University, USA
Adoption in the Hebrew Bible
Edited
by Ekaterina
Kozlova, London School of Theology, UK & Cat Quine
To remedy a scholarly lacuna on the study of adoption in the Hebrew Bible, chapters in this volume examine this topic from a variety of perspectives, including trauma, transfers of children, motives for adoption, the performance of parenthood, and studies of metaphor and practice Contributors highlight the prevalence of adoptive practices and draw attention to the fluidity underlying constructions of ‘family’ in the Hebrew Bible and also the wider ancient Near East By centering the theme of adoption, the volume considers both parents and children, thereby complicating scholarly constructions of families in ancient societies and reminding readers of the fragility, strength, and importance of belonging in a family
Human Interaction with the Natural World in Wisdom Literature and Beyond
Essays in Honour of Tova L . Forti
Edited by Mordechai Cogan, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Katharine J. Dell, University of Cambridge, UK & David A. GlattGilad, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Created in honor of the work of Professor Tova Forti, this collection considers the natural world in key wisdom books – Proverbs, Job and Qoheleth/Ecclesiastes, Ben Sira and Song of Songs/Solomon It also examines particular animal and plant imagery in other texts in the Hebrew Bible
UK December 2024 • US December 2024 • 330 pages • 36 black and white images
PB 9780567701237 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9780567701206
ePdf 9780567701213 • £81 00 / $81 00
Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark
A Classified Bibliography on Ecclesiastes
David J. H. Beldman, Redeemer University College, Canada & Russell L. Meek, Louisiana College, USA
This reference resource presents a comprehensive listing of bibliographical references of writings on the book of Ecclesiastes Rather than being presented in alphabetical order these references are classified according to genre, chapter, and subject/theme. These classifications have been selected by specialists working on Ecclesiastes in order to guide scholars and researchers through the wealth of secondary material available and to prompt further research on the text
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 200 pages
PB 9780567717191 £39 99 / $54 95
Previously published in HB 9780567673961
ePub 9780567677341 • £126 00 / $171 44
ePdf 9780567673978 • £126 00 / $126 00
T&T Clark
Tracing the Ritual Body
Catherine Bell and Rituals of the Ancient Biblical World
Edited by Ada Taggar Cohen, Richard E. DeMaris & Jonathan Schwiebert
This volume utilizes Catherine Bell’s ritual theory to shed new light on the many rituals reflected in ancient Mediterranean texts In recent decades scholars of religion have come to realize that ritual and bodily practices are just as important for religion as beliefs and doctrine This cross-disciplinary examination assesses the utility of Bell’s theorizing for studying the textual evidence for rituals of the ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the New Testament, and other early Christian literature
UK October 2024 • US October 2024 • 224 pages • 6 black and white images
HB 9780567710550 • £85 00 / $115 00 / $115 00
ePdf 9780567710567 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Jerusalem as Contested Space in Ezekiel
Exilic Encounters with Emotions, Space, and Identity Politics
Natalie Mylonas, Macquarie University, Australia
Natalie Mylonas uses Ezekiel 16 as a case study in order to reveal the critical relationship between space, emotion, and identity politics in the Hebrew Bible Drawing on interdisciplinary research that emphasises how space and emotions are inextricably linked in human experience, Mylonas explores the portrayal of Yhwh’s wife, Jerusalem, in Ezekiel 16 as a personified city who feels She shows how the power struggle between Jerusalem and Yhwh in Ezekiel 16 is a struggle over the contested space of Jerusalem’s body and the city space
UK January 2025 US January 2025 206 pages
PB 9780567706454 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9780567706423
ePdf 9780567706430 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Clothing and Nudity in the Hebrew Bible
Edited by Christoph Berner, University of Göttingen, Germany, Manuel Schäfer, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Martin Schott, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Sarah Schulz, University of ErlangenNuremberg, Germany & Martina Weingärtner, University of Augsburg, Germany
This comprehensive reference resource covers a wide range of perspectives, subjects, and texts related to nudity and clothing
The volume is in three parts. The first considers methodology, archaeology, material culture and the iconography of ancient Israel and the near east Part two looks at key themes such as mourning, death, encounter with the divine and issues of power and status
Finally, part three presents close studies of key passages where clothing and nudity play an important role, beginning with the nakedness of Adam and Eve in Genesis, and continuing through to the literature of the Second Temple period
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 616 pages • 130 bw illus
PB 9780567717184 • £49 99 / $67 95
Previously published in HB 9780567678478
ePub 9780567678492 £153 00 / $207 89
ePdf 9780567678485 £153 00 / $153 00
T&T Clark
T&T Clark Handbook of Anthropology and the Hebrew Bible
Edited by Emanuel Pfoh, National University of La Plata, Argentina
A comprehensive examination of how topics, themes and interpretations from social anthropology interact with the Hebrew Bible The handbook begins with a section on historiography, theory and method before moving on to consider specific topics such as economics, kinship, power and authority, and death and the netherworld
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 576 pages
PB 9780567709530 • £38 99 / $52 95
Previously published in HB 9780567704733
ePub 9780567704764 £117 00 / $159 29
ePdf 9780567704740 £117 00 / $117 00
Series: T&T Clark Handbooks • T&T Clark
International Critical Commentary
The Samaritans
Etienne Nodet, Ecole Biblique, Jerusalem, Israel Nodet examines the religion of the Samaritans, showing that far from being a degraded form of Judaism, the Samaritans represented the most ancient version of Israelite religion Nodet starts by looking at the time of the New Testament, tracing the sources back ultimately to the Persian period, where he shows how the Samaritans opposed the post-exilic restoration of a Babylonian form of religion, preferring their own more ancient practices
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 174 pages
PB 9780567709707 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9780567709660
ePub 9780567709691 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567709677 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: Jewish and Christian Texts • T&T Clark
World English
Christopher M. Tuckett & Stuart Weeks, Durham University, UK & Jacqueline Vayntrub, Yale University, USA
Galatians
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary
Christopher M. Tuckett
This new volume on Galatians brings together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary and theological - to enable the scholar to have a complete knowledge and understanding of this New Testament book Tuckett incorporates new evidence available in the field and applies new methods of study. No uniform theological or critical approach to the text is taken
UK November 2024 • US November 2024 • 824 pages
HB 9780567139191 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePdf 9780567716408 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: International Critical Commentary T&T Clark
Ecclesiastes 5-12
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary
Stuart Weeks, Durham University, UK
This new volume in the ICC brings together all the relevant aids to exegesis – linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary and theological –to enable scholars to have a complete knowledge and understanding of this Old Testament book
Stuart D. Weeks incorporates new evidence available in the field, surveys the wealth of secondary literature and provides an extensive introduction to Ecclesiastes as a whole .
UK February 2025 US February 2025 752 pages
PB 9780567717146 £25 99 / $35 95
Previously published in HB 9780567666543
ePdf 9780567666550 • £72 00 / $72 00
Series: International Critical Commentary • T&T Clark
John 1-6
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary
Martinus C. de Boer, Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, The Netherlands de Boer interprets John's Gospel in its historical context, taking his primary bearings from the work of Raymond E Brown and J L Martyn, whilst also engaging with the latest scholarship and alternative viewpoints (and critiques) As such, examination of the historical realities of the Johannine community/school is a hallmark of this commentary, including the notion that - as members of the community - women may have played a role in the Gospel’s composition
UK January 2025 • US January 2025 • 856 pages
HB 9780567429056 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9780567718150 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567718167 £76 50 / $76 50
Series: International Critical Commentary T&T Clark
Exodus 1-18
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary
Volume 1: Chapters 1-10
Graham I. Davies
Graham I Davies provides his long-awaited commentary on the first ten chapters of the second book of the Torah in this in-depth engagement with Exodus chapters 1-10 The commentary focuses on all the linguistic, philological, historical and literary aspects of this core text in the Pentateuch and examines the history of secondary scholarship on these chapters in the immense level of depth expected of an ICC volume
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 728 pages
PB 9780567716958 • £27 99 / $37 95
Previously published in HB 9780567688682
ePdf 9780567688699 • £81 00 / $81 00
Series: International Critical Commentary • T&T Clark
International Critical Commentary
Christopher M. Tuckett & Stuart Weeks, Durham University, UK & Jacqueline Vayntrub, Yale University, USA
Exodus 1-18
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary
Volume 2: Chapters 11-18
Graham I. Davies
This volume continues from Graham I Davies commentary on Exodus 1-10 Davies brings together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary, and theological - to help the reader understand the texts at hand In addition to the parting of the waters and the defeat of Pharoah’s army the chapters commented upon also include the so-called ‘Song of the Sea’ in Exodus 15 and the provision of manna in the desert The textual issues are varied and Davies navigates them deftly, providing close commentary and profound insights into these well-known texts
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 632 pages
PB 9780567716965 £27 99 / $37 95
Previously published in HB 9780567688712
ePdf 9780567688729 • £81 00 / $81 00
Series: International Critical Commentary • T&T Clark
James (ICC)
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary
Dale C. Allison, Jr., Princeton Theological Seminary, USA
For over 100 years the International Critical Commentary has had a special place amongst works on the Bible This new volume on James brings together all the relevant aids to exegesislinguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary and theological - to enable the scholar to have a complete knowledge and understanding of this old testament book Allison incorporates new evidence available in the field and applies new methods of studies. No uniform theological or critical approach to the text is taken
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 848 pages
PB 9780567716934 • £44 99 / $60 95
Previously published in HB 9780567077400
ePdf 9780567337931 £144 00 / $144 00
Series: International Critical Commentary T&T Clark
Isaiah 56-66 (ICC)
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary
John Goldingay
For over one hundred years International Critical Commentaries have had a special place among works on the Bible They bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary, and theologicalto help the reader understand the meaning of the books of the Old and New Testaments
The new commentaries continue this tradition All new evidence now available is incorporated and new methods of study are applied The authors are of the highest international standing No attempt has been made to secure a uniform theological or critical approach to the biblical text: contributors have been invited for their scholarly distinction, not for their adherence to any one school of thought Professor John Goldingay, a noted specialist on Deutero and Trito Isaiah continues his breathtaking work of commentary, following his widely acclaimed volumes (with David Payne) of the International Critical Commentary on Isaiah 40-55
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 560 pages
PB 9780567716941 • £32 99 / $44 95
Previously published in HB 9780567569622
Series: International Critical Commentary • T&T Clark
Michael Allen, Reformed Theological Seminary, USA & Scott R. Swain
Habakkuk (ITC)
Steven J. Duby, Grand Canyon University, USA Duby provides a close verse-by-verse examination of the book of Habakkuk, setting forth the important literary and historical considerations with a view to their bearing on the theological content of the text Duby shows how Habakkuk fits within and contributes to the larger mosaic of God’s self-revelation in redemptive history and reflects on how this intersects with important points of Christian doctrine
UK January 2025 US January 2025 320 pages
HB 9780567686145 £75 00 / $100 00
ePub 9780567686169 £67 50 / $91 79
ePdf 9780567686152 • £67 50 / $67 50
Series: T&T Clark International Theological Commentary • T&T Clark
Revelation 1-11 (ITC)
Peter J. Leithart, Theopolis Institute, USA Scholarship on the book of Revelation has captured the imagination of generations of Bible students, both professionals and laypeople alike. Revelation's characters and images are both real and symbolic, spiritual and material, and it is frequently difficult to know the difference between them. Peter J. Leithart, in this first of two insightful volumes on Revelation, offers systematic and thorough interpretation of the book of Revelation
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 512 pages
PB 9780567716569 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9780567100962
ePub 9780567683205 • £90 00 / $122 84
ePdf 9780567664907 • £90 00 / $90 00
Series: T&T Clark International Theological Commentary T&T Clark
Revelation 12-22 (ITC)
Peter J. Leithart, Theopolis Institute, USA
In this second of two volumes on Revelation Peter J Leithart provides a systematic and thorough interpretation of the latter chapters of the book of the apocalypse Focusing on theological content, Leithart gleans the best from both the classical and modern commentary traditions and shows the doctrinal development of Scriptural truths from this final book in the biblical canon.
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 512 pages
PB 9780567716552 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9780567036452
ePub 9780567683212 • £90 00 / $122 84
ePdf 9780567664921 • £90 00 / $90 00
Series: T&T Clark International Theological Commentary T&T Clark
The Library of New Testament Studies
Chris Keith, Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway
Luke’s Characters in their Jewish World
Being Theophilus
Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, University of Wales
Trinity Saint David, UK
Jenny Read-Heimerdinger explores the characters of Luke-Acts, situating them in the Jewish world to which they belong She argues that Luke is thoroughly steeped in a Jewish view of Scripture, familiar with a range of associated oral traditions; and this allows new insights into the way the author situates events and characters firmly within the history of Israel, before the Church was a separate institution or religion ReadHeimerdinger proposes that this view implies an addressee capable of understanding what he received and that one eminently qualified candidate is Theophilus, the high priest in Jerusalem 37-41 and brother-in-law of Caiaphas
UK September 2024 • US September 2024 • 288 pages • 2 bw illus
HB 9780567711380
• £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9780567711427 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567711397 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Resolving the Tension of Jesus's Mission in Matthew's Ancient Biography
Jerry D. Breen
This volume argues that reading Matthew, and all the Gospels, as ancient biography is the necessary next step for Gospel studies, and that more specific comparisons should be made between the Gospels and ancient literature He stresses that this reading invites narrative critics to place more emphasis on examining the use of sources and observing the importance of intertextual and historical information that the author introduces to the text
UK November 2024 • US November 2024 • 248 pages
HB 9780567715012
• £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9780567715043
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ePdf 9780567715029 £76 50 / $76 50
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies T&T Clark
The Scriptures in the Book of Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature
Essays in Honour of Steve Moyise
Edited by Susan Docherty, Newman University Birmingham, UK & Steve Smith, St Mellitus College, UK
This volume defines and analyses how scripture is used within the apocalyptic genre of writing By focusing on the Book of Revelation and the re-use of scripture, a wide body of scholars seek to illuminate the relationship between the author’s theology and his interpretations of scripture, through a close examination of key passages and themes Subsequently the contributors aim to establish greater clarity about the hermeneutical methods and axioms employed in Revelation and other apocalyptic texts, and about the extent to which these are characteristic or constituent of the genre
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9780567710444 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9780567695895
ePub 9780567695925 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567695901 £76 50 / $76 50
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Reading Hebrews and 1 Peter from Majority World Perspectives
Edited by Sofanit T. Abebe, Oak Hill College, UK, Elizabeth W. Mburu, New Testament and Greek at Africa International University, Kenya & Abeneazer G. Urga, Columbia International University, USA; Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, Ethiopia
The contributors to this volume offer a bold re-reading of Hebrews and 1 Peter from the perspective of the Global South. The chapters provide enriching new hermeneutical and theological insights, revealing facets of the text that may not at first be apparent to readers within a Eurocentric context
UK October 2024 • US October 2024 • 216 pages
HB 9780567715777 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9780567715807 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567715784 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies • T&T Clark
Jesus as Teacher in the Gospel of Matthew
Edited by Charles Nathan Ridlehoover, Columbia International University, USA & Charles Quarles, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
Inspired by the work of Richard France and his highly influential Matthew: Evangelist and Teacher, the contributors to this volume together argue for a re-examination of the defining features of Jesus as a teacher in the Gospel of Matthew. This volume suggests that, while each of the Gospel writers display Jesus leading disciples along, speaking to crowds, and confronting Jewish authorities with effective and timely teachings, an under explored element of Jesus as teacher is the distinctive elements provided by Matthew’s Gospel
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 258 pages
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Series: The Library of New Testament Studies T&T Clark
1, 2, and 3 John: An Introduction and Study Guide Multiple
Readings, Deconstructing Constructions
Warren Carter
This insightful study engages the debates and interpretations of the brief and somewhat elusive writings known in the Christian canon as 1, 2, and 3 John. Chapter 1 identifies six unknowns about the origins of the three writings: authors, relationship to John’s Gospel, order, date and location of the writings, and their audiences Chapters 2 and 3 delineate the debate concerning the relationship of these writings to a purported “Johannine tradition” and “Johannine community” in which a schism is claimed to have occurred An alternative view recognizes that while there are some connections with John’s Gospel, it is more compelling to see the writings as independent rather than derivative, as internally not externally directed, as pastoral not polemical, and as schism-free
Chapters 4-7 discuss important aspects of 1 John Chapter 4 argues that its structure or organization is based on rhetorical and conceptual links among the writing’s small units Chapter 5 reads 1 John as a pastoral “in-house” writing, rather than a polemical attack on opponents. Chapter 6 identifies the genre of I John as not a letter or sermon but an epideictic speech that seeks to strengthen the identity, commitments, and practices of its believing recipients Chapter 7 outlines theological understandings that underpin the writing’s pastoral work
Chapters 8 and 9 focus on 2 and 3 John as writings that provide two different approaches to itinerant teachers. The narrative fiction in 2 John presents the elder’s warning and skepticism about itinerant teachers whereas the author of 3 John, by contrast, advocates reception and welcome for itinerant teachers
Series: T&T Clark’s Study Guides to the New Testament • T&T Clark
Imag(in)ing Jesus in the Universal or Particular Cross-Cultural Bible Film Reception of The Lumo Project: The Gospel of Mark and Son of Man
Victoria Olaide Omotoso, University of Exeter and University of Southampton, UK
A critical exploration of cross-cultural Bible film reception presented through an analysis of the responses of UK and South African audiences to The Lumo Project: The Gospel of Mark (2014) and Son of Man (2006). Victoria Olaide Omotoso’s study seeks to fill the gap in existing research into the Bible and film by placing more emphasis on audience reception and highlighting the non-Western experience of biblical films. Through an examination of historic and cinematic debates, audience responses and filmmaker responses, Omotoso explores the ethnicity of Jesus, theological contexts and implications, and the presentation of Jesus in an androcentric world
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9780567709776 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9780567709806 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567709783 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies & Scriptural Traces • T&T Clark
The Crown of Thorns
Humble Gods and Humiliated Kings
Faith Tibble, independent scholar Jesus’ Crown of Thorns has become one of the most ubiquitous features of Christian religious art
The image that springs to mind is that of a bloodied, beaten Jesus, wearing a cruelly fashioned, woven crown made of sharp thorns
But this image is deeply misleading, based on a fundamental misunderstanding (and mistranslation) of the Gospels Faith C Garrett rectifies this misunderstanding, taking readers through the Crown of Thorns' as yet unrecognized artistic evolution from humiliation to torture
UK March 2025 • US March 2025 • 224 pages • 30 colour illus
Linguistic Descriptions of the Greek New Testament New Studies in Systemic Functional Linguistics
Stanley E. Porter, McMaster Divinity College, Canada
Stanley E Porter provides descriptions of important topics in Greek linguistics such as rhetoric, cognition, orality and textuality, as well as studies on linguistic schools of thought and on traditional grammar, from a Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) perspective This approach has been foundational to Porter’s long and influential career in the field of New Testament Greek. Each chapter provides deep insights into Porter’s understanding of SFL, based upon how he positions it in relation to other linguistic models or how he utilizes it to describe topics within Greek and New Testament studies
UK February 2025 • US February 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9780567710055 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9780567710017
ePub 9780567710048 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567710024 £76 50 / $76 50
Series: T&T Clark Library of New Testament Greek T&T Clark
Bibles in Popular Cultures
Edited by Rebekah Welton & Zanne DomoneyLyttle, Individual scholar, UK
This book traces the diverse ways in which overlooked forms of cultural media, existing outside the sphere of ‘popular culture', interact with the Bible Supporting the theory that there is no singular ‘Bible’ and that biblical literacy is demonstrated in a multitude of ways outside of biblical text alone, those who contribute to this book explore precisely how which multiple ‘cultural Bibles’ co-exist simultaneously, in various forms which represent, allude to, perpetuate, challenge or subvert biblical narratives and the Bible Such perspectives demonstrate the means by which the Bible continues to inform culture outside of the religious
UK December 2024 • US December 2024 • 232 pages
HB 9780567702203 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9780567719119 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9780567702210 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies & Scriptural Traces T&T Clark
Unruly Books
Rethinking Ancient and Academic Imaginations of Religious Texts
Edited by Esther Brownsmith, Liv Ingeborg Lied & Marianne Bjelland Kartzow
Explores the idea of the unruly book in first millennium religions of the book, from books now known by their titles alone to books that subverted structures as of power and gender The contributors show how these books functioned as “sticky” objects, and examines the story of what such books signified to the people who wrote, read, discussed, yearned for, or even prohibited them
UK January 2025 US January 2025 288 pages
HB 9780567715685 • £110 00 / $150 00
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